Book
Kerala Brahmins in transition: a study of a Namputiri family
Finnish Oriental Society • Helsinki • Published In 2000 • Pages: xii, 436
By: Parpola, Marjatta.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This discussion of change and continuity in the lives of Namputiri Brahman caste members draws on day-to-day and season-to-season accounts of behavior and religious roles in specific social situations, especially the organization of domestic space, gender-based division of labor, kinship and marital relations, the observation of dietary rules, bathing, dress, and adornment. The focus is on the significance of the contexts and behavioral adjustments for understanding the ways in which Brahman families sought to preserve their Vedic liturgies and rites in the face of a series of government policies designed to abolish the caste system.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Castes
- Status, role, and prestige
- Priesthood
- Congregations
- Sacred objects and places
- Theological systems
- Avoidance and taboo
- Purification and atonement
- Prayers and sacrifices
- Inter-community relations
- Ethnopsychology
- Ethnosociology
- Religious denominations
- Religious intolerance and martyrs
- Acculturation and culture contact
- Education system
- Transmission of beliefs
- Gender status
- Division of labor by gender
- Normal garb
- Special garments
- Visual arts
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Kerala
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2017
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- South Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem ; 2016
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1983-1996
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1730-1999
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Panjal, Thrissur district, Kerala, India
- NotesAdditional notes
- by Marjatta Parpola
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [393]-402) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2001372404
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Nambudiris--Social life and customs--20th century
- Brahmans--India--Kerala--Social life and customs--20th century